Spring 2019 Seminar Series, Thursdays 11:45 – 1:00 PM, Field Auditorium (#1112), Grainger Hall
Jan 10 Stephanie C. Hammel, Duke PhD Candidate: Measuring Exposure to Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds in Indoor Environments using Silicone Wristbands
Jan 17 Kathleen M. Gray, PhD, UNC – Chapel Hill: Characterizing Environmental Health Literacy Related to Fish Consumption Advisories: Knowledge and Beliefs of Informal Educators in a Southeastern State
Jan 24 Jason A. Somarelli, PhD, Duke University Medical Center: Marine Medicine: Multidisciplinary research at the nexus of the environment and human health
Jan 31 Abdel-Razak M. Kadry, PhD, and John J. Vandenberg, PhD, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): How to do research that is risk assessment-relevant
Feb 7 Neel Aluru, PhD, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Epigenetic effects of environmental chemicals: Integrative effects on DNA methylation and noncoding RNAs
Feb 14 Jason R. Richardson, MS, PhD, Florida International University: Gene-environment interactions in neurodegeneration: Role of efflux transporters and neuroinflammation
Feb 21 Casey D. Lindberg, Duke PhD Candidate: From Molecular to Population-Level Responses: using two fish models to understand multiple stressor exposures
Feb 28 Melanie Auffan, PhD, and Jeanne Perrin, MD, PhD, European Centre for Research & Teaching in Environmental Geosciences (CEREGE): Perrin – Impacts of nanomaterial exposure on reproductive outcomes; Auffan – Contribution of mesocosm testing to a single-step and exposure-driven risk assessment of nanomaterials
Mar 8-9 Symposium: Environmental Justice (note Friday/Saturday)
Mar 14 No Seminar: Spring Break and Society of Toxicology meeting
Mar 21 Phoebe A. Stapleton, PhD, Rutgers School of Public Health: Are maternal exposures to nanoparticles during pregnancy a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease?
Mar 28 Liping Feng, MD, Duke University Medical Center: Maternal exposure to PFBS and birth outcomes
Apr 4 Latasha L. Smith, Duke PhD Candidate: Environmental toxicant effects on the dopaminergic system in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
Apr 11 Mark E. Borsuk, Duke University Civil & Environmental Engineering: Using Bayesian networks to discover relations between genes, environment, and disease
April 18 Howard Kipen, MD, MPH, Rutgers University: Does indoor air cause health problems and what can we do if it does?
Apr 25 Savannah J. Volkoff, Duke PhD Candidate: Engineering a Mixed-Community Biofilm for the Biodegradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Estuarine Sediment